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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-03-10

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V Si? VOL. VI. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, I860'. NO. 1& The Retired Politician. " Tbs post of honor it the private station." Thomas Jbppkiibom. v Long before the break of day Ue wm dressed, and on hla way To tho shell 'Where the people ho harrangued, And opposing votort " bingod " Bo he said. Now and shiny was bis bat, . Slack h Is coat, voet, pants, orarat, And his breast Bore the emblem of their elan, And the pleturo of " their man " Orer-drossod. All bis money he bad spent Or, in borrowed sums, it went Votes to gain I But the other party won Everything that ho had dono Was in Tain. Ohl be had indeed tho bluet When he hoard the gloomy news Of defeat! All his offioo hopes were crushed, As he homeward madly rushed Through tho streets. Ho was right to " out and run," For, sinoo evening had begun, Clubs and fists Had boon battering bis head Even now, he names with dread I'uglists. Such a sight was he to see, Aftor this "enoountor freo" , And he vowed That he never more would mix tn ungrateful politics With the orowd. in Torn and dirty were liia clothes, And he had an injured nose ; And his wife Talked Incessantly all night Of bis failure, light and flight For his life. Host estoemed' above all men Is the privato citiion, (Ho is one.) , For his talents he devotes To his family I He quotcj Jefferson. w.n.it.uir. r.Ltdjtr. Now and Afterward. " Two hands upon the breast,' And labor's done; Two pale feetorossed in rest The race is Woo Two eyes with coin-weights shut,' And all tears oease ; Two lips where griof is mute Anger at poaoo j" So pray we often times, mourning our lot; God in bis kindness answereth not. " Two bands to work addrest Aye for His praise ."" Two feet that nover rest Walking His ways; Two eyes thatlook above Through all their tears ; . Two lips steal breathing love, Not wrath, nor fears ;" So we pray afterward, low on our knees ; l'ardon those erring prayers 1 Father hear these. Mitt MvJoch. THE MYSTERIOUS SKETCH. At the corner of the Rue dos Trabans, op. posite tbe chapel of Saint Sebr'd, in Nurem 'berg, there stands a little id-' tall and nar irow, with notched gables and dim .window ;panes, and its roof surmounted by a plaster virgin. In this inn I passed tbe saddest days .of my life. I had gone to Nuremberg to :study tbe old German masters, but tbe want of money had compelled me to have recourse to painting portraits and such portraits 1 Fat gossips, with their cats on their knees, aldermen in perukes, burgomasters inthree-cornered hats, etc. all brilliant with ochre and .vermillion. From portraits I descended to sketches, ithen to profiles ; at last, even these failed me. Thero is nothing more pitiable than to have constantly at your heels a landlord with tbin lips, a screaming voice and an impudent air, who never loses a chance to call out "-Are vou coins to par me soon, monsieur? Do vou know how much your bill amounts to Oh, no 1 of course this does not trouble you Monsieur eats, drink, and sleeps quietly. The good Lord takes care of the little sparrows. Monsieur only owes two hundred florins and ten kreutzers.. A mere trifle ; net worth the troublo of mentioning." Those who have never heard this gamut .sounding in their ears, can form no idea of tbe ,horror of it. Tbe love of art, imagination the lofty.enthusiasm of the beautiful wither .at the very breath of such a rascal. You be .come weak and timid ; you lose even the sen tjmept of jour personal dignity, and salute at a distance, and respectfully, the most clown, ish of burgomasters. One night, having not a tou in my pocket, .and being threatened with a prison by tbe .worthy master, Bapp, I sat down on .my ,truckle-bed and ve myself up to reflection The thought of suicide entered my head ; and ,tbe more I reflected, the more desirable each .an exit from tpy troubles appeared .to my ,mind. So numarqua apdonvincing wore toe arguments in ,its law wiiich thronged upon ,sne, that 1 dared not look .upon my razor, lest the irresistible force pi lpgjo should compel jnt to commit bankruptcy ly cutting my throat. At length ,1 blew out pay candle, and threw inysolf on ,tpe .bed, w,Hh a determination to come to a decision tha next day. My dreams were usually of tbe abomina-ible Bapp ; my one desire, to get.mone that f might rid myself of his odious presence, ;But this night a singular revolution took .place ia jn.mjnd. In about an hour .I rase, and wrapping myself in an old gray coat, 1 began io trace on paper a rapid sketch in tbe .Dutch style -something strange, fantastic, guile part from my habitual conceptions. I imagine 10 yoursou a sombre court, in ...... u..u,m.u;U wu.is. mow walls, garnished with booty seven or eight feet from the ground, suggest, at once, a Bmuguiur-nouse. un me leu, tnrougo a trel Ks-worfc of laths, you discern a quartered ox, suipenuea py strong puiieys irom tne ceiling; arops o( buoa trickling irom it collect in guuur ousiruciea Dy tne reiuso ot tbe sliam mt. 11.. . . uieo. xue ngui m me court comes from above, wbcre chimneys, and weathercocks, and storied roofs, are relieved against an anglo oi tbo sky. At the exttemicy is a shed ; be- neath it a wood-pile, upon which is a ladder, and scattered around are seen ropes, bundles of straw, a rabbit-hut, and hen-coops, past ... ' ... now a.a mese noterogeneous details come into my head? I cannot tell. I bad no re- membrance of any such place, and yet every stroke of the pencil seemed by its very truth- minoss an exact copy. Homing was want DS- uui on me ngnt a corner of tbe sketch re mainea bare, i did not know what to put there ; but I was disquieted, agitated, as I looked upon it. Suddenly I saw a foot ; but it was in a reverse position, and detached irom tne ground, bpite of its improbability, x louowea me inspiration, ana SKetcnea it, J- I. wimout stopping to account lor my ancy. men me leg appeared, and a portion or tbe dress. At length the whole figure-an old woman, haggard, wan, dishevelled, thrown down on the edge of a well, struggling against It ol vrt rv Yt a n A nV ! k A U lit- a - D.iU..b uU ultu 60F:o, UBr imuau It was a mnrder that I was sketching! The crayon fell from my hands. The old wuman-iier lace contracted oy terror, ber .u.ui ubuw uvcr lue iiiargm ui me wen, ooin bands grasping tbe arm of the murderer-ter- niuuiue. i uarea noi iook ai-ner, uut tbe man tbe murderer to whom the arm be- longed 7 I could not eee him. It was im posbi Die is nnisn my sketcn. : throat. orbeef on his shoulder. His arms was naked, The sweat-drops stood upon my brow. ' I Again n. iler appearedi and ordered mo his elbows in the air, and his head inclined on am fatigued," I said "But little remains to t0 folw lie conducted me through his breast' His floating hair, like that of Sal-be done. I will complete it to-morrow ;" and ,ong gaUarfea to . aombie ball, with benches valor's " Science," concealed his Tace ; and yet terrified by the vision, I lay down again upon a d , a semicircle, opposite which, on at the first glance, a thrill ran through my T ' , nVe m 8 eP' Prol0UDdIy- ine next .lay. as 1 was about to resume my wuin, boocs resounueu at tno door. . . .ilCu uu-, .uu u.au some- uu.nuwBu in vcaio, ion, iuiu, uuu urussuu in black, appearcd'upon the threshold. Tho """" F"jo."B"""-y io 1UBU urn cioseiy approximating eyes, his large aquiline nose, his lofty, broad, and bony brow had oine thing severe and imposing. He saluted me gravely. " M. Christian Venius, the artist," be said .".That is my name, sir." He bowed again, adding : " The Baron Frederic Van Spreckdal." Ibe apparition in my poor garret of this ncn amateur judge of the criminal court, im- . pressed me strongly. I threw a glance upon my wormeaten furniture, tattCred draperies: and dirty floor, and felt humiliated ; but Vaa Spreckdal appeared to pay no' attention to these details. "Master Venius," he resumed, I have come " But at the moment his eyes were arrested by the unfinished sketch, and he stopped. . " Are you the author of this sketch ?" he asked, after a moment's pause. "Yes, sir." " What ia the price of it 7" " 1 do not soli my sketches. It is a design for a picture." " Ah I " said he, and lifting the paper with his long, yellow fingers, he took an eye glass from his waistcoat pocket, and began to study it attentively. The silence was so great that I heard distinctly tbe plaintive buzzing of a fly caught in a spider's web. " And what will be the dimensions of the picture, Master Venius ? " he said, at length, without looking at me. " Three feet by fonr." " And the price ?" " Fifty ducats." Van Spreckdal laid the sketch down upon the table, and drawing from bis pbeket a long purse of green silk, began to slip the rings along. " Fifty ducats," be said, and counting them out; " here they are." He rose, saluted 'me, and departed, while I sat stupefied, listening to the clink of his ivorr-headed cane upon the staircase. When I bad recovered from my stupelao tion, I sat down to finish my sketch. A few stroke's of the pencil, and it would be finished- But these few strokes were out of my power- Tbe inspiration wis over. The mysterious murderer would not disengage himself from the convolutions of my brain. I tried again and again. I forced myself to draw; but the results were as discordant as a fignre of Raph- ael in a Dutch ion of Teniers. At this moment, Rapp, according to his praiseworthy custom, opened the door with- out knocking. His eves fell upon tbe pile of ducats, and be shrieked : " Ah, Ah ! I have caught you, Monsieur nuinter 1 You nratendad vou had no monev 1" and he extended bis crooked fingers with r x j i ihat nervnna tremhlintt- which tha sieht of gold always produces in a miser. The remembrance of all the insults I had suffered from bim, exasperated me. With a single bound, I seized bim, and, thrusting bim over the threshold, flattened his nose witb tbe door. Tbe old usurer shrieked: ' " My money 1 thief. I robber 1' my money 1 " till every lodge r in tbe bouse ran out, asking, " Wbat is the matter ? " I opened the door quickly, and witb a single stroke of tbe foot sent Master Rapp rolling down tbe staircase. That ia the matter," I said ; and dosing my door, I aouble-locked It, while the shouts of laughter from tbe, neighbors saluted the old tnisex on bis progress down stairs. - This adventure bad inspirited me, and I re eumea my worn witb sotue prospect ol buo cess; but an unaccustomed noise soon inter- rupted my labors. It was the click ol arms, - and the tramp of men ascending the stalrcaso A cold chill ran over me. Can I have broken tnat rascal's neck 7 and are they coming seize me 7 There was a knack at my door, - and a rough voice said I " In tbe name of the law, open ! " I thought of escaping by thewindo over tbe roof; but a vertigo seized me at a mere glance at the dizzy height. Again the sum mons. Open, or we will break down the door 1 I turned the key and saw the chief of do .... "ce " I arrest you," he said, aud made a sign to two men, who seized me bv the collar while the others rummaged my garret.- " March 1" was tha nut order, and I do- - scended the staircase, supported undor each Mm, like a consumptive in bis third stage - 'es. They put me into a hackney-coach. I asked what I had done, but they only exchanged sigaiflcaot smiles. Soon a deep shadow en- vcloped us ; the steps of the horses resounded under a vault. We had entered the nri wn The jailor shut me up in a cell as tranquilly as if he bad been putting a pair of stockings in a drawer, thinking all the time of some- thing else. I looked around my cell. It had been newly whitewashed, and there was noth- ing upon the wall but a rude sketch of a gib- . oet, drawn by my predecessor. The light came from an aperture nine or ten feet from the floor, and the furniture consisted of a heap of straw. I sat down upon the straw, with my hands around my knees, aud gave myself up to despair. I had killed Eapp. Ue had denounced me before dying. I should be hung as his murderer. I started up, coughing. - as if the hempen cravat already pressed my an elevated seat, were two persons, with there bacU. to tho ,ihL and their . eea - ... . . u, . r ,i , . v. but as one of them turned to bis companion i ,.ecognized the aquiline profile of Van Spreck J.I Beneath them, at a low table, was seat. Li tk nlaalr 4 rs linn- ta tin r f liia nn wiU Vn feaher of hig m " Christian Venius," said Van Spreckdal, " where did you get this sketch ? " showing me my nocturnal work, of which they bad taken possession at the time of my arrest. " I am the author of it." There was a long silence. Tbs clerk took down my answer : and as I listened to the scratching of his pen, I wondered what that had to do with tha kick I had riven to Raim. u rr- "You are the author of it?" said Van Spreckdal; "where did you get tbe sub Meet ? " It is a fancy sketch." " You have not copied tbe details any where ?" " No, sir ; I have imagined them all." " And this woman," puesued the judge, 11 who is mutdered on tbe edge of the well ; have you imagined her, also 1" " Undoubtedly." " You have never seen her ?" " Never." Van Spreckdal rose, as if indignant, then seaiiDir himself, be appeared to consult his colleague in a low voice. Suddenly he said to the jailer : "Take the prisoner to the carriage. We are going to' the Metzerstrasse." I was placed in a carriage with two police- linen. One of them, on the way, offered a pinch of snuff to his comrade. I extended my fingers mechanically to the box. He drew it quickly back. Tbe blood mounted into my face, aud I turned away my head to conceal my emotion. " If you look out of the window," said the I man of the snuff-box, "we shall be obliged to put manacles on you." When the carriage stopped, one of them alighted, while the other held me by the col- lar ; then, seeing his comrade ready to receive me, he pushed me out rudely. We entered a narrow alley, with broken, irregular pave- men t. A yellowish moisture stood on the walls, exhaling a fetid odor. I walked in darkness, with two men behind me. Farther on nppoared the light ol an interior court. ' As I advanced, a feeling of terror took pos- I ..I session of me, like the unnatural horror of a I nightmare. I recoiled instinctively. " Go on ! " cried one of tbe policemen be- hind me, putting his band on my shoulder ; "march I" My terror was no longer instinctive, when II saw before me the court which I had sketched the night before ; its walls garnished with hooks, the wood-pile, the ladder, tbe rabbit-but. tbe hen-coop, etc Not a sky- light, great or small, high or low, not a cracked window-pane, not a single detail had been omitted. I was thunder-struck at this strange levelation. Near the Woll Were tbe two judges. At their feet was the old woman, lying on he. 1 .. .. I back, her long gray bair straggling over ber form, her face livid, her eyes unaturally wide her tongue between her teem. It was a hor rible spectacle I ' " Well " said Van Spreckdal, in a solemn tone, "'what have you to say ?. I was silent "Do you confess that you threw this vomas, Theresa Becker, into this well, after having strangled ber, that you might steal ber mon ey ?" "No," I cried, " no ; I do not know this a If a S . woman, i bare never seen PCf. Aiiy uoa help tne I" ' "DO- - "That is enough" he replied in a dry voice, - anddepartod with bis couipauion. 1 was ear- ried back to the prison in a state of profound stupidity. I know not what to think. My conecience, even, began to trouble mo. I ssk- ed myself if I had not really assassinated the to old woman. I passod 9 wretched night of doubt, bewilderment and despair. With the drawn somo of my black thouzhls I o disappeared. Kelt more confidence in my solf, and at the same lime, a desire to see what was going on in the wrld without - Other prisoners before mo had clitued to tho narrow apeitur9. Tn had dug holos ia tha walls, that they might mount more easil- - I climed there in m v turn, and when, atietah. ing my noek lorward I saw tbe crowd, the life, tbe movement, tears flowed abundantly Lin ,hl,. t .h,,r.f !. i suicide. I experienced the'strongst desire to live. They might condemn me to the hard- est labor, micht attach a cannon-ball to inv of log, if they would only let me live ; to live was to be happy, The old market opposite my window, with 's roof like an extinguisher resting on heavy pillars, offered a fine spectacle. The old wo- pen. seated by their baskets of vegetable, their cases of noultrv and hasksu nf s bind them; the Jews, old clothes dealers, with facts the color of box-wood ; the butch ers, with naked ur.ns, chopping meat at their stalls ; the poasants, with large felt hats planted on tbe nape of their necks, their hands behind their backs, and smoking tranquilly 1 their pipes ; then the noise, tbe tumult of the crowd, the tones of the voice, the expressive gestures, the unexpected attitudes, which be- tray at a distance the progress of a dispute, or pamt the character of an individual all Ms captivatod me ; and in spite of my sad position, I felt happy to be in the world, While I was looking on, a man passed with bis back bent, bearing an enormous quarto r ' It is he ielaimed, Tbe blood rushed to my heart. I decend- ed into my cell. My whole frame trembled.It is be I" I stammered, with a half- choked voice. " He is there there and I am about to die to expiate his crime. What shall I do 7 wbat shall I do ?' A sudden thought from heaven inspired me. I Put my hand upon my pocket my crayons were there. Ihon, springing to the wall, I began to trace the scene of the murder with almost supernatural energy. No more un- certainty ; no mor6 hesitating experiments I knew the man. I had seen him. I renm- duced him before mo. At ten o'clock the jailer appeared in my coll. His owlish stupidity gave place to ad miration. " Is it possible ?" be cried, standing on the threshold. " Go, seek my judges," I said, pursuing my work with increasing exultation. " They are waiting for you in tho criminal hall," be replied. " I wish to make some revelation," I con tinued, putting tbe last touch to the mysterious personage. In a few minutes the two judges came. They looked on stupified. With one hand extended to the picture, and trembling in ev ery limb I called out : " There is the assassin I" Van Spreckdal, after a moment's silence, asked his name, I do not know it," I answered ; " butbe is there now in the market, in the third stall at tho left, chopping meat." "What do you think of it ?" said he, turn ing to bis colleague, " Let them find the man," replied the otb- er in a grave tone Some of the keepers went out to obey the order. The judges remained standing, louk mg at the picture. I sank down upon the straw, with my bead between my kneos.ex- hausted with excitement The noise of steps beneath the resounding arches ol the coridor aroused me. The man entered. Van Spreckdal pointed m silence to the picture. lie looked at it a moment, turn pale, then with a roar which chilled us with terror, be struck out bis enormoas arms, and with one bound was out of the door. There was a fearful contest in the corridor. We heard tbe panting respiration of the butcher, low imprecations, brief words, and the sound of struggling feet. It was over. Tbe man re-entered. His head was bowed ; his eyes bloodshot ; his hands bound behind his back. He fixed his gaxe once more upon the picture, appeared to reflect, then, in a voice as if speak- ing to himself, he said " Who could have seen me 7 -at mid- night I was saved t . Many yean bave passed since this terrible adventure. I no longer cut profiles, or paint portraits of burgomasters. By diotoflabor ana perseverance, who me 0leMiuK ui uua, i . ... ... 1. 1 : i- n . gam an nonoraoie suosisience oy nucii uuors as can alone satisfy tbe aspirations of a true artist. . But th remembrance of the nocturnal sketch has never left me. Sometimes, in the midst of my finest efforts, the thought of it returns, sad I lay down my pallet sad dream for hours. How could a crime, committed by a man I did not know, in a place which I bad naves seen, be produced under my pencll,even to its smallest details f Wssit chance? Not And, besides, wbat is chance, after all, but the effects ef i cause f which we are ignorant ? Schiller was right wbon he said : " The Immortal soul does not share the iuiporfi-c tions of matter ; when tbe body sleeps, it un folds its radiant wing, and wauders, Oud knows whither." Nature is bolder in her re alitios than tbe imagination of mania iu wild est fancies. Little or Nothing. Puddy, how do your like tbe English ?' we asked of a fresh arrival. "Faith," replied Pat, " I like them so well, that I've a mind to become a native." A countryman recently came into possos sion of five sovereigus, and not wishing to spend them, went to a pawnbroker's to pawn them for ton shillings. A sensible writer advises those who would enjoy pood eating ' to-' keep good-natured "for,"seys be, "an angry man can't tell wbelh er he is eating boiled cabbage or slewed um- biella." " You sot," exclaimed a poor woman to her husband, "you are always at tbe tavern get ting drunk witb not punch, while I am at home with nothing to drink but cold water.' 'Cold, you silly jade ! why don't you warm it ?" There is a man in York so forgetful of face that bis wife is compelled to keep a wafer stuck on the end of her nose, that he may dis tinguish her from other ladies; but ibis does not pfovent him from making occasional mis tukes. Xid you ciierisn Bleep, tne nappiest Of earthly boons, while jet it is at their com mand ; for there cometh tbe day to all, when neither the voice of the lute nor tbe bird " shall bring back tho sweet slumbers that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as the dews. Bulwer. A Real Blessing. A man speaking of a place out west, in a letter which be writes home, says that it is a perfect paradise, and that though most all the folks have thefever-'n'-ager, yet it's a great blessing, for its the only exeicise they take. We never thought of that before. At the Dnblin Mansion House dinner, one of the servants went up to a gentleman who was carving a joint of beef, and said, ' I'll trouble you, if you please, for a slice for my master." " Certainly ; how does your master like it t" Upon which the valet retorted, ' Man alive I bow can 1 tell how he likes it, until be has tasted a bit of it ?" The other day a Jady fell into the river ano a poor noy rescued ner. vv Hen sue was safe, ber husband.handed the brave fellow a shilling. Upon some of tha by standers expressing iudigration, the poy said as he pock eted tbe coin, " Well, don't blame tbe gentle man, be knows best ; maybap if I Uii'l suved her he'd bave given me a sovereign." A Fashionable Ladv Described Gkomlt- bicallv. (Seen from behind.) Conicil, base equal to seven-tenths the axis four voluted zones equi distant on tbe planes of the -sides cono truncated one nodule from theoretical apex, with a warped surface placed diagonally upon the parabola of truncation, intersected by the quadrant of a sphere, sloping down ward in the angle of the co-sine ol the Ion gitude of the figure. Words and grammar seem to be very vari able affairs. The word" fast" is as great contradiction as we have in the language. The Hudson river is fast when the ice is iui movable ; and whew the ice disappears very fast, it is loose ; a clock is called (ait wheu it is quicker than time, but a man is told to stand faH when he is desired to remain stationary People jast when they have nothing to eat, and eatai consequently when opportunity offers. A young gentleman complaining that a show er buh bad been administered to bim at a trial of one of our fire-engines, a young lady who was present remarked, " That as he was so bright perhaps they mistook him fur a fire and that he ought to thank his stars that thoy did not utterly extinguish him !" Whereupon the young gentleman laughingly declared, that he was more " put out" by her witty remarks tban by the ducking he had re ceived. A married woman was telling a staid single lady somewhat on the wrong side of fifty, of some domestic troubles, which she in great pai t attributed to the Irregularities of ber hus band. " Well," sa!d tbe old maid, " you bave brongbt these troubles on yourself. I told you not to marry bim. I was sure be would not make you a good husband." " He is not a good one, to be sure, madam," replied tbe woman, "but be is belter tlian none." Two brothers of the name of Lawes creat. ing a disturbance at the Dublin Theater were called to order by tbe celebrated Felix M'Car thy, who was in the same box. One of tbcui , presenting his card, said, "You shall hear from one of us our name is Laws." "Laws, is it? quoth Felix, " then I'll give you an addition to your name," and exerting bis woll known strength, handed them both out of tbe box, ex. claiming, " Now, by the powers, you're both out-laws," An "honorary member" of the First Surrey Rifles, famous for catching a joke, asked a jocose friend, who was going to join the corpt at drill if be could tell him what tbe uses were to which the "honorary members" were to be put, " Oh," said the snof Mars, "you hon-oraries are just to be targets, that we reals may practice at"" I'm glad of that," said the wit, with a cock of his eye, "I shall be in less dan. ger there than in the ranks." The rifleman changed theconversalwo. A Miscuievous Paiuiot. One day a party of Indies paid us a visit abroad, and several bad been hoisted on deck by the usual means of a " whip " on the mainyard. Tbe chair bad descended for another whip ;" but scarcely had itB fair freight been lifted out of tbe boat alongside, than the unluety parrot piped, " Let go 1" The order being instantly obeyed, the unfortunate lady, instead of being comfort- ably seated on the dtfS, as had beer 'thosi who preceded her, was soused over head tbe sea ! AulMogravStt of a Seamark , ... 1 he two-following anecdotes are front that excellent work, Smiles's Self Help," and il lustrate the qualities of patient industry and en8l"Ky: "Not long ago, Sir Roderick Murchison discovered at Thurso, in the far north of Scat land, a profound geologist in the person of a baker there, named Soteit Dick. When Sir Roderick called upon him at the bakehouse in wuiuu ue uaseu auu earneu nis oreaa, liOlxiri Dick delineated to bim, by meaiis of flour up- on a boaid, the geographical features and geo logical phenomena of bis native country, point- ing out tbe imperiections in the existiug maps, exonerated from making calls. Bores d-which be had ascertained by traveling over not bore you. Sponges cannot haunt your tbe country in bis leisure hours. On further inquiry, Sir Roderick ascertained'' that the bumble individual before him was not only a capital baker aud geologist, but a first rate bot- anist. ' I found.' said the Director-General of the Geographical Society, 'to my great huinil. iation, that this baker knew more of botanical science, ay, ten times more, tban I did ; and that there were only some twenty or thirty specimens of flowers which be had not col lected. Some he had obtained as presents' some be had purchased, but tbe greater por - tion he had accumulated by bis owu industry bis native country of Caithness ; and the speehnons were all arranged in the most benulilul order, with their scientific names , , . . affixed.1 "In 1793, the stagnation produced by the war led to an unusual number of bankrupt cies, and many of the first houses in Manches ter and Glasgow were tottering, not so much from wantol property, but because tbe usual sources of trade and credit were for tbe time closed up, A period of intense distress among tbe laboring classes seemed eminent, when Sir John Sinclair urged in Parliament that xchequer notes to the amount of five mill lions should be issued immediately, at a loan to such merchants as could give security.- this suggestion was adopted, and his offer to caray out his plan, in conjunction with cer- tain members named by him, was also ac cepted. The vote was passed la'.e at night, and early next morning Sir John, anticipat ing the delays of officialism and red tape, pro ceeded to bankers in tbe city and borrowtd of them, on bis own personal security, th e sum of seventy thousand pounds, which he dispatched the same evening to those merch- ants who were in the most urgtnt need of as- sistance. Pitt meeting Sir John in the House, expressed his great regrej that the piessing wants of Manchester and Glasgow could not be supplied so soon as v. as desirable, added The money cannot be raised for some days.' 'It is already gone! it loft London by t0- night's mail 1' was Sir John's triumphant re- ply ; and in afterward relating th anecdote he added, with a smile of pleasure, Pitt was as much startled as if I had stabbed him.' " A late number of the N. Y. Coaritr na the following : There seems to be hope that Peter the Great's cherished idea of uniting the Caspian and Black Seas may be at length carried into oucvt. .isunug lue last tew yearn several par- tial sorters have been made at various times. but during tbe last two these were carried on upon a large scale, and with more satisfactory results. The route adopted is through the valliesof the Ruma and Manitch. The for- mer stream rises in the mountains of the Cau- casus and empties into the Aral, a hundrad miles south of AsUachan. The latter is a long, broad, and sluggish stream, rising at no great distance from the Kuma,' and debooeh- Ing into tbe Don not far from the Sea of Ajov. Competent engineers have decided that a ca-1 nal uniting the two seas by this route can be nnnal r imtrtit at nnmnaFativatit pmall I ' ' 1 The New Orleans Bulletin says that ,he New Grenada crave excitemont havimr nrettv woll died out, the restless treasure seekers have taken it into tbeir beads that tbe old city of Port Royal, which was swallowed up by an earthquake in 1692, aad over the ruins of which now dash tba waters of the bay Of Kingston, Jamaica, if its deluged secrets were explored, would pay for the risk and trouble and expense witb untold gold. Such an ex- lvuiwuu km mimmuj prujuuiou, sou, wim uaring armour, it is in the range of modern possibilities tbat it will result in something practical Wbon the city was sunken it was large, pop ulous, well-built, and wealthy, aud, when tbe earth opined and the waves engulphed it, It became the coffin of thousands, and in its ru ins, yet to be seen, In a clear, sunny day, aa tbe vessel glidos over the smooth wateas of the bay, and over lb house-tops and streets of the once gay metropolis of the island, any of its ruins having yet resisted tbe action of the waves and wear of time, there can ha no doubt that neat wetlth liea buried, and -' - r I probably accessible to the approach of modern .rl. .n,t .dvBnlur. Mom lmr.roh.hl. dition.have been started, resulting in soma in...n. -lih m I OCT Deep cellars are cold in summer and warm in winter, because the earth is a alow conductor of heat, and frost cannot peoetiate it beyond a few inches. , - a Q4r Tbe eye ef the master docs aaore work J tban both bis bands. . Tit won Tat, a' Bab' Bui.. When I was a little girl, (learned a good lesson. Oim " frosty morning I was looking out of a wlndotr in'o my father's farm-yard, where stood man cows, oxen and horses, wating fur driuk. The morning was very cold ; the animals stood meek and quiet, till one of tbe sows wantei ' to move, and tried to turn round. In doingf mis, she bit agaiust ber neighbor ; whereupon, 'hat one kicked, and hit one neat to ber. Ia io five minutes, the late peaceful congregation of animals was in great turmoil, furious! v kiok. ing" and butting each other.' My mother gmjied; andsaid. "Sea -hat aUliViAM nf kink. - when ven am bit ! Jai w. r LL, 0lj4- worJ wt bole fc h ears.'". Afterwards. If were cross or irriuLl-.ah. would. Tvw... - m, ehil;v;an . .mfc., fcA. .h. Ak. i. .k: 8tr.w.yard . now jnUAm kick . hit. mnd . waiM..rMvl Lreal deal oft rouble " I -r im r Tub aovamtaoks or fovkbtt abd Ae - 1 vebitt. You wear out your old olothes- You are not troubled with visitors. Yea arr table. Itinerant bands do not play oppoaiUr JuUT, window.. You avoid tha nuisance ef serving on jurie No one thinks of present lnS you w"h a testimonial. No tradesman 'rriutes you by asking, " Is there any other ,lttle article to-day. air ?" Bogging lur wrlter "ve you alone. Impostors know ia useless to bieecfyou. Xou pracuoe temper-- nce- ou swallow iutiuuely 1mm poison I otucrs. You are saved many a deception uaDy a headache. And lastly, if you have a 1 lrue ,rlend ,n 'he world, you are sure, in a vury ahon space of limer to discover Uur sgreeable lact. IT ., , . ' . . , , . the United States Government bas for sale i almost incalculable. All the people of four- teen Slates and Five Territories derive their title to the lands from the Federal Government, and the records and flies evinoing tb inception of their rights, aro preserved in tb General Land Office at Wasbidgton. Tha militia dnmAin havmhim an.r.m, ..1,:.. oj. of li450i000iQ0u o ' . GovernmeDt hai but about 120,00)000 ul IBaaf u . . - . , . . MBtury. kss than S150.000.OUO. It will thus be seen. Uncle Sam's farm is atill .uftia. iently large for practical purposes, and tbougb he should sell off lands for centuries to eoua he would have an abundance atill. aven il k. does not enlarge his borders by the anuextie of Cuba, Mexico, and half of the rest vf tk world. Uruhblkiu. If you find a man disposed, complain of the coldness ei lie world, bw iuI you will find that he bas never brought anything into the world to warm it, but la a personal lump of ice set in tbe midst of it. If vuu Ullt' Dan who complains that the werlct ls m tMS llJ hollow, tap him, and he will Phably souud base and bellow. Aud so ia lD8 otQer man will pwbabl ouna base aD' noliow. And so, in the other kind man will probably find kindmm " auout nua- he merciful man, as ageu- ral tblDgi will obtain mercy. He who baa ''wye had a kind excuse for others, wh bM rendered bis pardon and bis help when ever he could; who was never brauirht hut L. low-man into nv strait hv nunn r,t ... v.-i.. j "j . vhwwu w. wniwitf. ing him will find that the mercy which ha bus bestowed flows back upon him in a full Lnd gDOntan.oiia snrin. H- -ill make a Lerciful world by the mercy ha hisaaelf shows. An 'a mta ' Mason county, Illinois, d scribing 'Abe Lincoln," aays : "I knew hiia " yun8 nni when he would split rails by lW7:,,8n,i "l . etudy surveyng by candle-light. He was as honest as the sun." Anoluer W- "He would walk ten milea ia tne mud 10 P"ngtield to borrow a law book. D1 wnen ludle. i'uld return it to get aa- Pt08r' od lnus,,e acquired bis profossioa tQd althought he never read law in any oifioa he 's D0W 109 most eminent advocate U the Stt8-" TKa craat aKr.isiman 91 A al concludes one of bis late atones : -This ia lust Uu'uP wriunga Tail It u far froaa beiuit P"hti but lf,h".e indoosed (oiks la see that in 9 cases out of 10 they can Life as barren as tbe desert Sarah, er as ioy ous as a flower gardiog my oljeck will luv bin accomplished. Adoo.". , : ., Tbe Dutch Government baa ewept awar tbe last vestige of Slavery from its East India possessions. On the 20th of September last. the institution ceased to exist The Government offered an assessed compensation ia money to the owners, many vf whom, bow- ever, reuised to take it, while others took it and made it ovor to the emancipated Slave themselves, , . ,..,,.. Gov. Sam Medary, formerly Ibe "Old wheel Horse" of democracy in Ohio, has proven bin) self a wheel-horse of modern Democracy it Kansas. The Legislature of that Territory recently pasaad a law prohibiting slavery Wtrein. wmcn wov. oam aaeaary aa HBM, .. . . . rt r, i , . U A "f Ohio na ntt Norll , wesi rememoer tarn u.w ...pui.u, i M. "ti Plicy tooching the slavery fueetioa. - - wary is proiesseoiy a vougiaa mB, and tbusputs Into practical eueci tne popular Sovereignty doctrine of the great apoatle. During some repairs ea a Oatholio fbureh few (lays since, in Cincinnati, the Church walls fell to with a terribU eraah. andi IS persons were buried under the ruins. VI I

V Si? VOL. VI. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, I860'. NO. 1& The Retired Politician. " Tbs post of honor it the private station." Thomas Jbppkiibom. v Long before the break of day Ue wm dressed, and on hla way To tho shell 'Where the people ho harrangued, And opposing votort " bingod " Bo he said. Now and shiny was bis bat, . Slack h Is coat, voet, pants, orarat, And his breast Bore the emblem of their elan, And the pleturo of " their man " Orer-drossod. All bis money he bad spent Or, in borrowed sums, it went Votes to gain I But the other party won Everything that ho had dono Was in Tain. Ohl be had indeed tho bluet When he hoard the gloomy news Of defeat! All his offioo hopes were crushed, As he homeward madly rushed Through tho streets. Ho was right to " out and run," For, sinoo evening had begun, Clubs and fists Had boon battering bis head Even now, he names with dread I'uglists. Such a sight was he to see, Aftor this "enoountor freo" , And he vowed That he never more would mix tn ungrateful politics With the orowd. in Torn and dirty were liia clothes, And he had an injured nose ; And his wife Talked Incessantly all night Of bis failure, light and flight For his life. Host estoemed' above all men Is the privato citiion, (Ho is one.) , For his talents he devotes To his family I He quotcj Jefferson. w.n.it.uir. r.Ltdjtr. Now and Afterward. " Two hands upon the breast,' And labor's done; Two pale feetorossed in rest The race is Woo Two eyes with coin-weights shut,' And all tears oease ; Two lips where griof is mute Anger at poaoo j" So pray we often times, mourning our lot; God in bis kindness answereth not. " Two bands to work addrest Aye for His praise ."" Two feet that nover rest Walking His ways; Two eyes thatlook above Through all their tears ; . Two lips steal breathing love, Not wrath, nor fears ;" So we pray afterward, low on our knees ; l'ardon those erring prayers 1 Father hear these. Mitt MvJoch. THE MYSTERIOUS SKETCH. At the corner of the Rue dos Trabans, op. posite tbe chapel of Saint Sebr'd, in Nurem 'berg, there stands a little id-' tall and nar irow, with notched gables and dim .window ;panes, and its roof surmounted by a plaster virgin. In this inn I passed tbe saddest days .of my life. I had gone to Nuremberg to :study tbe old German masters, but tbe want of money had compelled me to have recourse to painting portraits and such portraits 1 Fat gossips, with their cats on their knees, aldermen in perukes, burgomasters inthree-cornered hats, etc. all brilliant with ochre and .vermillion. From portraits I descended to sketches, ithen to profiles ; at last, even these failed me. Thero is nothing more pitiable than to have constantly at your heels a landlord with tbin lips, a screaming voice and an impudent air, who never loses a chance to call out "-Are vou coins to par me soon, monsieur? Do vou know how much your bill amounts to Oh, no 1 of course this does not trouble you Monsieur eats, drink, and sleeps quietly. The good Lord takes care of the little sparrows. Monsieur only owes two hundred florins and ten kreutzers.. A mere trifle ; net worth the troublo of mentioning." Those who have never heard this gamut .sounding in their ears, can form no idea of tbe ,horror of it. Tbe love of art, imagination the lofty.enthusiasm of the beautiful wither .at the very breath of such a rascal. You be .come weak and timid ; you lose even the sen tjmept of jour personal dignity, and salute at a distance, and respectfully, the most clown, ish of burgomasters. One night, having not a tou in my pocket, .and being threatened with a prison by tbe .worthy master, Bapp, I sat down on .my ,truckle-bed and ve myself up to reflection The thought of suicide entered my head ; and ,tbe more I reflected, the more desirable each .an exit from tpy troubles appeared .to my ,mind. So numarqua apdonvincing wore toe arguments in ,its law wiiich thronged upon ,sne, that 1 dared not look .upon my razor, lest the irresistible force pi lpgjo should compel jnt to commit bankruptcy ly cutting my throat. At length ,1 blew out pay candle, and threw inysolf on ,tpe .bed, w,Hh a determination to come to a decision tha next day. My dreams were usually of tbe abomina-ible Bapp ; my one desire, to get.mone that f might rid myself of his odious presence, ;But this night a singular revolution took .place ia jn.mjnd. In about an hour .I rase, and wrapping myself in an old gray coat, 1 began io trace on paper a rapid sketch in tbe .Dutch style -something strange, fantastic, guile part from my habitual conceptions. I imagine 10 yoursou a sombre court, in ...... u..u,m.u;U wu.is. mow walls, garnished with booty seven or eight feet from the ground, suggest, at once, a Bmuguiur-nouse. un me leu, tnrougo a trel Ks-worfc of laths, you discern a quartered ox, suipenuea py strong puiieys irom tne ceiling; arops o( buoa trickling irom it collect in guuur ousiruciea Dy tne reiuso ot tbe sliam mt. 11.. . . uieo. xue ngui m me court comes from above, wbcre chimneys, and weathercocks, and storied roofs, are relieved against an anglo oi tbo sky. At the exttemicy is a shed ; be- neath it a wood-pile, upon which is a ladder, and scattered around are seen ropes, bundles of straw, a rabbit-hut, and hen-coops, past ... ' ... now a.a mese noterogeneous details come into my head? I cannot tell. I bad no re- membrance of any such place, and yet every stroke of the pencil seemed by its very truth- minoss an exact copy. Homing was want DS- uui on me ngnt a corner of tbe sketch re mainea bare, i did not know what to put there ; but I was disquieted, agitated, as I looked upon it. Suddenly I saw a foot ; but it was in a reverse position, and detached irom tne ground, bpite of its improbability, x louowea me inspiration, ana SKetcnea it, J- I. wimout stopping to account lor my ancy. men me leg appeared, and a portion or tbe dress. At length the whole figure-an old woman, haggard, wan, dishevelled, thrown down on the edge of a well, struggling against It ol vrt rv Yt a n A nV ! k A U lit- a - D.iU..b uU ultu 60F:o, UBr imuau It was a mnrder that I was sketching! The crayon fell from my hands. The old wuman-iier lace contracted oy terror, ber .u.ui ubuw uvcr lue iiiargm ui me wen, ooin bands grasping tbe arm of the murderer-ter- niuuiue. i uarea noi iook ai-ner, uut tbe man tbe murderer to whom the arm be- longed 7 I could not eee him. It was im posbi Die is nnisn my sketcn. : throat. orbeef on his shoulder. His arms was naked, The sweat-drops stood upon my brow. ' I Again n. iler appearedi and ordered mo his elbows in the air, and his head inclined on am fatigued," I said "But little remains to t0 folw lie conducted me through his breast' His floating hair, like that of Sal-be done. I will complete it to-morrow ;" and ,ong gaUarfea to . aombie ball, with benches valor's " Science," concealed his Tace ; and yet terrified by the vision, I lay down again upon a d , a semicircle, opposite which, on at the first glance, a thrill ran through my T ' , nVe m 8 eP' Prol0UDdIy- ine next .lay. as 1 was about to resume my wuin, boocs resounueu at tno door. . . .ilCu uu-, .uu u.au some- uu.nuwBu in vcaio, ion, iuiu, uuu urussuu in black, appearcd'upon the threshold. Tho """" F"jo."B"""-y io 1UBU urn cioseiy approximating eyes, his large aquiline nose, his lofty, broad, and bony brow had oine thing severe and imposing. He saluted me gravely. " M. Christian Venius, the artist," be said .".That is my name, sir." He bowed again, adding : " The Baron Frederic Van Spreckdal." Ibe apparition in my poor garret of this ncn amateur judge of the criminal court, im- . pressed me strongly. I threw a glance upon my wormeaten furniture, tattCred draperies: and dirty floor, and felt humiliated ; but Vaa Spreckdal appeared to pay no' attention to these details. "Master Venius," he resumed, I have come " But at the moment his eyes were arrested by the unfinished sketch, and he stopped. . " Are you the author of this sketch ?" he asked, after a moment's pause. "Yes, sir." " What ia the price of it 7" " 1 do not soli my sketches. It is a design for a picture." " Ah I " said he, and lifting the paper with his long, yellow fingers, he took an eye glass from his waistcoat pocket, and began to study it attentively. The silence was so great that I heard distinctly tbe plaintive buzzing of a fly caught in a spider's web. " And what will be the dimensions of the picture, Master Venius ? " he said, at length, without looking at me. " Three feet by fonr." " And the price ?" " Fifty ducats." Van Spreckdal laid the sketch down upon the table, and drawing from bis pbeket a long purse of green silk, began to slip the rings along. " Fifty ducats," be said, and counting them out; " here they are." He rose, saluted 'me, and departed, while I sat stupefied, listening to the clink of his ivorr-headed cane upon the staircase. When I bad recovered from my stupelao tion, I sat down to finish my sketch. A few stroke's of the pencil, and it would be finished- But these few strokes were out of my power- Tbe inspiration wis over. The mysterious murderer would not disengage himself from the convolutions of my brain. I tried again and again. I forced myself to draw; but the results were as discordant as a fignre of Raph- ael in a Dutch ion of Teniers. At this moment, Rapp, according to his praiseworthy custom, opened the door with- out knocking. His eves fell upon tbe pile of ducats, and be shrieked : " Ah, Ah ! I have caught you, Monsieur nuinter 1 You nratendad vou had no monev 1" and he extended bis crooked fingers with r x j i ihat nervnna tremhlintt- which tha sieht of gold always produces in a miser. The remembrance of all the insults I had suffered from bim, exasperated me. With a single bound, I seized bim, and, thrusting bim over the threshold, flattened his nose witb tbe door. Tbe old usurer shrieked: ' " My money 1 thief. I robber 1' my money 1 " till every lodge r in tbe bouse ran out, asking, " Wbat is the matter ? " I opened the door quickly, and witb a single stroke of tbe foot sent Master Rapp rolling down tbe staircase. That ia the matter," I said ; and dosing my door, I aouble-locked It, while the shouts of laughter from tbe, neighbors saluted the old tnisex on bis progress down stairs. - This adventure bad inspirited me, and I re eumea my worn witb sotue prospect ol buo cess; but an unaccustomed noise soon inter- rupted my labors. It was the click ol arms, - and the tramp of men ascending the stalrcaso A cold chill ran over me. Can I have broken tnat rascal's neck 7 and are they coming seize me 7 There was a knack at my door, - and a rough voice said I " In tbe name of the law, open ! " I thought of escaping by thewindo over tbe roof; but a vertigo seized me at a mere glance at the dizzy height. Again the sum mons. Open, or we will break down the door 1 I turned the key and saw the chief of do .... "ce " I arrest you," he said, aud made a sign to two men, who seized me bv the collar while the others rummaged my garret.- " March 1" was tha nut order, and I do- - scended the staircase, supported undor each Mm, like a consumptive in bis third stage - 'es. They put me into a hackney-coach. I asked what I had done, but they only exchanged sigaiflcaot smiles. Soon a deep shadow en- vcloped us ; the steps of the horses resounded under a vault. We had entered the nri wn The jailor shut me up in a cell as tranquilly as if he bad been putting a pair of stockings in a drawer, thinking all the time of some- thing else. I looked around my cell. It had been newly whitewashed, and there was noth- ing upon the wall but a rude sketch of a gib- . oet, drawn by my predecessor. The light came from an aperture nine or ten feet from the floor, and the furniture consisted of a heap of straw. I sat down upon the straw, with my hands around my knees, aud gave myself up to despair. I had killed Eapp. Ue had denounced me before dying. I should be hung as his murderer. I started up, coughing. - as if the hempen cravat already pressed my an elevated seat, were two persons, with there bacU. to tho ,ihL and their . eea - ... . . u, . r ,i , . v. but as one of them turned to bis companion i ,.ecognized the aquiline profile of Van Spreck J.I Beneath them, at a low table, was seat. Li tk nlaalr 4 rs linn- ta tin r f liia nn wiU Vn feaher of hig m " Christian Venius," said Van Spreckdal, " where did you get this sketch ? " showing me my nocturnal work, of which they bad taken possession at the time of my arrest. " I am the author of it." There was a long silence. Tbs clerk took down my answer : and as I listened to the scratching of his pen, I wondered what that had to do with tha kick I had riven to Raim. u rr- "You are the author of it?" said Van Spreckdal; "where did you get tbe sub Meet ? " It is a fancy sketch." " You have not copied tbe details any where ?" " No, sir ; I have imagined them all." " And this woman," puesued the judge, 11 who is mutdered on tbe edge of the well ; have you imagined her, also 1" " Undoubtedly." " You have never seen her ?" " Never." Van Spreckdal rose, as if indignant, then seaiiDir himself, be appeared to consult his colleague in a low voice. Suddenly he said to the jailer : "Take the prisoner to the carriage. We are going to' the Metzerstrasse." I was placed in a carriage with two police- linen. One of them, on the way, offered a pinch of snuff to his comrade. I extended my fingers mechanically to the box. He drew it quickly back. Tbe blood mounted into my face, aud I turned away my head to conceal my emotion. " If you look out of the window," said the I man of the snuff-box, "we shall be obliged to put manacles on you." When the carriage stopped, one of them alighted, while the other held me by the col- lar ; then, seeing his comrade ready to receive me, he pushed me out rudely. We entered a narrow alley, with broken, irregular pave- men t. A yellowish moisture stood on the walls, exhaling a fetid odor. I walked in darkness, with two men behind me. Farther on nppoared the light ol an interior court. ' As I advanced, a feeling of terror took pos- I ..I session of me, like the unnatural horror of a I nightmare. I recoiled instinctively. " Go on ! " cried one of tbe policemen be- hind me, putting his band on my shoulder ; "march I" My terror was no longer instinctive, when II saw before me the court which I had sketched the night before ; its walls garnished with hooks, the wood-pile, the ladder, tbe rabbit-but. tbe hen-coop, etc Not a sky- light, great or small, high or low, not a cracked window-pane, not a single detail had been omitted. I was thunder-struck at this strange levelation. Near the Woll Were tbe two judges. At their feet was the old woman, lying on he. 1 .. .. I back, her long gray bair straggling over ber form, her face livid, her eyes unaturally wide her tongue between her teem. It was a hor rible spectacle I ' " Well " said Van Spreckdal, in a solemn tone, "'what have you to say ?. I was silent "Do you confess that you threw this vomas, Theresa Becker, into this well, after having strangled ber, that you might steal ber mon ey ?" "No," I cried, " no ; I do not know this a If a S . woman, i bare never seen PCf. Aiiy uoa help tne I" ' "DO- - "That is enough" he replied in a dry voice, - anddepartod with bis couipauion. 1 was ear- ried back to the prison in a state of profound stupidity. I know not what to think. My conecience, even, began to trouble mo. I ssk- ed myself if I had not really assassinated the to old woman. I passod 9 wretched night of doubt, bewilderment and despair. With the drawn somo of my black thouzhls I o disappeared. Kelt more confidence in my solf, and at the same lime, a desire to see what was going on in the wrld without - Other prisoners before mo had clitued to tho narrow apeitur9. Tn had dug holos ia tha walls, that they might mount more easil- - I climed there in m v turn, and when, atietah. ing my noek lorward I saw tbe crowd, the life, tbe movement, tears flowed abundantly Lin ,hl,. t .h,,r.f !. i suicide. I experienced the'strongst desire to live. They might condemn me to the hard- est labor, micht attach a cannon-ball to inv of log, if they would only let me live ; to live was to be happy, The old market opposite my window, with 's roof like an extinguisher resting on heavy pillars, offered a fine spectacle. The old wo- pen. seated by their baskets of vegetable, their cases of noultrv and hasksu nf s bind them; the Jews, old clothes dealers, with facts the color of box-wood ; the butch ers, with naked ur.ns, chopping meat at their stalls ; the poasants, with large felt hats planted on tbe nape of their necks, their hands behind their backs, and smoking tranquilly 1 their pipes ; then the noise, tbe tumult of the crowd, the tones of the voice, the expressive gestures, the unexpected attitudes, which be- tray at a distance the progress of a dispute, or pamt the character of an individual all Ms captivatod me ; and in spite of my sad position, I felt happy to be in the world, While I was looking on, a man passed with bis back bent, bearing an enormous quarto r ' It is he ielaimed, Tbe blood rushed to my heart. I decend- ed into my cell. My whole frame trembled.It is be I" I stammered, with a half- choked voice. " He is there there and I am about to die to expiate his crime. What shall I do 7 wbat shall I do ?' A sudden thought from heaven inspired me. I Put my hand upon my pocket my crayons were there. Ihon, springing to the wall, I began to trace the scene of the murder with almost supernatural energy. No more un- certainty ; no mor6 hesitating experiments I knew the man. I had seen him. I renm- duced him before mo. At ten o'clock the jailer appeared in my coll. His owlish stupidity gave place to ad miration. " Is it possible ?" be cried, standing on the threshold. " Go, seek my judges," I said, pursuing my work with increasing exultation. " They are waiting for you in tho criminal hall," be replied. " I wish to make some revelation," I con tinued, putting tbe last touch to the mysterious personage. In a few minutes the two judges came. They looked on stupified. With one hand extended to the picture, and trembling in ev ery limb I called out : " There is the assassin I" Van Spreckdal, after a moment's silence, asked his name, I do not know it," I answered ; " butbe is there now in the market, in the third stall at tho left, chopping meat." "What do you think of it ?" said he, turn ing to bis colleague, " Let them find the man," replied the otb- er in a grave tone Some of the keepers went out to obey the order. The judges remained standing, louk mg at the picture. I sank down upon the straw, with my bead between my kneos.ex- hausted with excitement The noise of steps beneath the resounding arches ol the coridor aroused me. The man entered. Van Spreckdal pointed m silence to the picture. lie looked at it a moment, turn pale, then with a roar which chilled us with terror, be struck out bis enormoas arms, and with one bound was out of the door. There was a fearful contest in the corridor. We heard tbe panting respiration of the butcher, low imprecations, brief words, and the sound of struggling feet. It was over. Tbe man re-entered. His head was bowed ; his eyes bloodshot ; his hands bound behind his back. He fixed his gaxe once more upon the picture, appeared to reflect, then, in a voice as if speak- ing to himself, he said " Who could have seen me 7 -at mid- night I was saved t . Many yean bave passed since this terrible adventure. I no longer cut profiles, or paint portraits of burgomasters. By diotoflabor ana perseverance, who me 0leMiuK ui uua, i . ... ... 1. 1 : i- n . gam an nonoraoie suosisience oy nucii uuors as can alone satisfy tbe aspirations of a true artist. . But th remembrance of the nocturnal sketch has never left me. Sometimes, in the midst of my finest efforts, the thought of it returns, sad I lay down my pallet sad dream for hours. How could a crime, committed by a man I did not know, in a place which I bad naves seen, be produced under my pencll,even to its smallest details f Wssit chance? Not And, besides, wbat is chance, after all, but the effects ef i cause f which we are ignorant ? Schiller was right wbon he said : " The Immortal soul does not share the iuiporfi-c tions of matter ; when tbe body sleeps, it un folds its radiant wing, and wauders, Oud knows whither." Nature is bolder in her re alitios than tbe imagination of mania iu wild est fancies. Little or Nothing. Puddy, how do your like tbe English ?' we asked of a fresh arrival. "Faith," replied Pat, " I like them so well, that I've a mind to become a native." A countryman recently came into possos sion of five sovereigus, and not wishing to spend them, went to a pawnbroker's to pawn them for ton shillings. A sensible writer advises those who would enjoy pood eating ' to-' keep good-natured "for,"seys be, "an angry man can't tell wbelh er he is eating boiled cabbage or slewed um- biella." " You sot," exclaimed a poor woman to her husband, "you are always at tbe tavern get ting drunk witb not punch, while I am at home with nothing to drink but cold water.' 'Cold, you silly jade ! why don't you warm it ?" There is a man in York so forgetful of face that bis wife is compelled to keep a wafer stuck on the end of her nose, that he may dis tinguish her from other ladies; but ibis does not pfovent him from making occasional mis tukes. Xid you ciierisn Bleep, tne nappiest Of earthly boons, while jet it is at their com mand ; for there cometh tbe day to all, when neither the voice of the lute nor tbe bird " shall bring back tho sweet slumbers that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as the dews. Bulwer. A Real Blessing. A man speaking of a place out west, in a letter which be writes home, says that it is a perfect paradise, and that though most all the folks have thefever-'n'-ager, yet it's a great blessing, for its the only exeicise they take. We never thought of that before. At the Dnblin Mansion House dinner, one of the servants went up to a gentleman who was carving a joint of beef, and said, ' I'll trouble you, if you please, for a slice for my master." " Certainly ; how does your master like it t" Upon which the valet retorted, ' Man alive I bow can 1 tell how he likes it, until be has tasted a bit of it ?" The other day a Jady fell into the river ano a poor noy rescued ner. vv Hen sue was safe, ber husband.handed the brave fellow a shilling. Upon some of tha by standers expressing iudigration, the poy said as he pock eted tbe coin, " Well, don't blame tbe gentle man, be knows best ; maybap if I Uii'l suved her he'd bave given me a sovereign." A Fashionable Ladv Described Gkomlt- bicallv. (Seen from behind.) Conicil, base equal to seven-tenths the axis four voluted zones equi distant on tbe planes of the -sides cono truncated one nodule from theoretical apex, with a warped surface placed diagonally upon the parabola of truncation, intersected by the quadrant of a sphere, sloping down ward in the angle of the co-sine ol the Ion gitude of the figure. Words and grammar seem to be very vari able affairs. The word" fast" is as great contradiction as we have in the language. The Hudson river is fast when the ice is iui movable ; and whew the ice disappears very fast, it is loose ; a clock is called (ait wheu it is quicker than time, but a man is told to stand faH when he is desired to remain stationary People jast when they have nothing to eat, and eatai consequently when opportunity offers. A young gentleman complaining that a show er buh bad been administered to bim at a trial of one of our fire-engines, a young lady who was present remarked, " That as he was so bright perhaps they mistook him fur a fire and that he ought to thank his stars that thoy did not utterly extinguish him !" Whereupon the young gentleman laughingly declared, that he was more " put out" by her witty remarks tban by the ducking he had re ceived. A married woman was telling a staid single lady somewhat on the wrong side of fifty, of some domestic troubles, which she in great pai t attributed to the Irregularities of ber hus band. " Well," sa!d tbe old maid, " you bave brongbt these troubles on yourself. I told you not to marry bim. I was sure be would not make you a good husband." " He is not a good one, to be sure, madam," replied tbe woman, "but be is belter tlian none." Two brothers of the name of Lawes creat. ing a disturbance at the Dublin Theater were called to order by tbe celebrated Felix M'Car thy, who was in the same box. One of tbcui , presenting his card, said, "You shall hear from one of us our name is Laws." "Laws, is it? quoth Felix, " then I'll give you an addition to your name," and exerting bis woll known strength, handed them both out of tbe box, ex. claiming, " Now, by the powers, you're both out-laws," An "honorary member" of the First Surrey Rifles, famous for catching a joke, asked a jocose friend, who was going to join the corpt at drill if be could tell him what tbe uses were to which the "honorary members" were to be put, " Oh," said the snof Mars, "you hon-oraries are just to be targets, that we reals may practice at"" I'm glad of that," said the wit, with a cock of his eye, "I shall be in less dan. ger there than in the ranks." The rifleman changed theconversalwo. A Miscuievous Paiuiot. One day a party of Indies paid us a visit abroad, and several bad been hoisted on deck by the usual means of a " whip " on the mainyard. Tbe chair bad descended for another whip ;" but scarcely had itB fair freight been lifted out of tbe boat alongside, than the unluety parrot piped, " Let go 1" The order being instantly obeyed, the unfortunate lady, instead of being comfort- ably seated on the dtfS, as had beer 'thosi who preceded her, was soused over head tbe sea ! AulMogravStt of a Seamark , ... 1 he two-following anecdotes are front that excellent work, Smiles's Self Help," and il lustrate the qualities of patient industry and en8l"Ky: "Not long ago, Sir Roderick Murchison discovered at Thurso, in the far north of Scat land, a profound geologist in the person of a baker there, named Soteit Dick. When Sir Roderick called upon him at the bakehouse in wuiuu ue uaseu auu earneu nis oreaa, liOlxiri Dick delineated to bim, by meaiis of flour up- on a boaid, the geographical features and geo logical phenomena of bis native country, point- ing out tbe imperiections in the existiug maps, exonerated from making calls. Bores d-which be had ascertained by traveling over not bore you. Sponges cannot haunt your tbe country in bis leisure hours. On further inquiry, Sir Roderick ascertained'' that the bumble individual before him was not only a capital baker aud geologist, but a first rate bot- anist. ' I found.' said the Director-General of the Geographical Society, 'to my great huinil. iation, that this baker knew more of botanical science, ay, ten times more, tban I did ; and that there were only some twenty or thirty specimens of flowers which be had not col lected. Some he had obtained as presents' some be had purchased, but tbe greater por - tion he had accumulated by bis owu industry bis native country of Caithness ; and the speehnons were all arranged in the most benulilul order, with their scientific names , , . . affixed.1 "In 1793, the stagnation produced by the war led to an unusual number of bankrupt cies, and many of the first houses in Manches ter and Glasgow were tottering, not so much from wantol property, but because tbe usual sources of trade and credit were for tbe time closed up, A period of intense distress among tbe laboring classes seemed eminent, when Sir John Sinclair urged in Parliament that xchequer notes to the amount of five mill lions should be issued immediately, at a loan to such merchants as could give security.- this suggestion was adopted, and his offer to caray out his plan, in conjunction with cer- tain members named by him, was also ac cepted. The vote was passed la'.e at night, and early next morning Sir John, anticipat ing the delays of officialism and red tape, pro ceeded to bankers in tbe city and borrowtd of them, on bis own personal security, th e sum of seventy thousand pounds, which he dispatched the same evening to those merch- ants who were in the most urgtnt need of as- sistance. Pitt meeting Sir John in the House, expressed his great regrej that the piessing wants of Manchester and Glasgow could not be supplied so soon as v. as desirable, added The money cannot be raised for some days.' 'It is already gone! it loft London by t0- night's mail 1' was Sir John's triumphant re- ply ; and in afterward relating th anecdote he added, with a smile of pleasure, Pitt was as much startled as if I had stabbed him.' " A late number of the N. Y. Coaritr na the following : There seems to be hope that Peter the Great's cherished idea of uniting the Caspian and Black Seas may be at length carried into oucvt. .isunug lue last tew yearn several par- tial sorters have been made at various times. but during tbe last two these were carried on upon a large scale, and with more satisfactory results. The route adopted is through the valliesof the Ruma and Manitch. The for- mer stream rises in the mountains of the Cau- casus and empties into the Aral, a hundrad miles south of AsUachan. The latter is a long, broad, and sluggish stream, rising at no great distance from the Kuma,' and debooeh- Ing into tbe Don not far from the Sea of Ajov. Competent engineers have decided that a ca-1 nal uniting the two seas by this route can be nnnal r imtrtit at nnmnaFativatit pmall I ' ' 1 The New Orleans Bulletin says that ,he New Grenada crave excitemont havimr nrettv woll died out, the restless treasure seekers have taken it into tbeir beads that tbe old city of Port Royal, which was swallowed up by an earthquake in 1692, aad over the ruins of which now dash tba waters of the bay Of Kingston, Jamaica, if its deluged secrets were explored, would pay for the risk and trouble and expense witb untold gold. Such an ex- lvuiwuu km mimmuj prujuuiou, sou, wim uaring armour, it is in the range of modern possibilities tbat it will result in something practical Wbon the city was sunken it was large, pop ulous, well-built, and wealthy, aud, when tbe earth opined and the waves engulphed it, It became the coffin of thousands, and in its ru ins, yet to be seen, In a clear, sunny day, aa tbe vessel glidos over the smooth wateas of the bay, and over lb house-tops and streets of the once gay metropolis of the island, any of its ruins having yet resisted tbe action of the waves and wear of time, there can ha no doubt that neat wetlth liea buried, and -' - r I probably accessible to the approach of modern .rl. .n,t .dvBnlur. Mom lmr.roh.hl. dition.have been started, resulting in soma in...n. -lih m I OCT Deep cellars are cold in summer and warm in winter, because the earth is a alow conductor of heat, and frost cannot peoetiate it beyond a few inches. , - a Q4r Tbe eye ef the master docs aaore work J tban both bis bands. . Tit won Tat, a' Bab' Bui.. When I was a little girl, (learned a good lesson. Oim " frosty morning I was looking out of a wlndotr in'o my father's farm-yard, where stood man cows, oxen and horses, wating fur driuk. The morning was very cold ; the animals stood meek and quiet, till one of tbe sows wantei ' to move, and tried to turn round. In doingf mis, she bit agaiust ber neighbor ; whereupon, 'hat one kicked, and hit one neat to ber. Ia io five minutes, the late peaceful congregation of animals was in great turmoil, furious! v kiok. ing" and butting each other.' My mother gmjied; andsaid. "Sea -hat aUliViAM nf kink. - when ven am bit ! Jai w. r LL, 0lj4- worJ wt bole fc h ears.'". Afterwards. If were cross or irriuLl-.ah. would. Tvw... - m, ehil;v;an . .mfc., fcA. .h. Ak. i. .k: 8tr.w.yard . now jnUAm kick . hit. mnd . waiM..rMvl Lreal deal oft rouble " I -r im r Tub aovamtaoks or fovkbtt abd Ae - 1 vebitt. You wear out your old olothes- You are not troubled with visitors. Yea arr table. Itinerant bands do not play oppoaiUr JuUT, window.. You avoid tha nuisance ef serving on jurie No one thinks of present lnS you w"h a testimonial. No tradesman 'rriutes you by asking, " Is there any other ,lttle article to-day. air ?" Bogging lur wrlter "ve you alone. Impostors know ia useless to bieecfyou. Xou pracuoe temper-- nce- ou swallow iutiuuely 1mm poison I otucrs. You are saved many a deception uaDy a headache. And lastly, if you have a 1 lrue ,rlend ,n 'he world, you are sure, in a vury ahon space of limer to discover Uur sgreeable lact. IT ., , . ' . . , , . the United States Government bas for sale i almost incalculable. All the people of four- teen Slates and Five Territories derive their title to the lands from the Federal Government, and the records and flies evinoing tb inception of their rights, aro preserved in tb General Land Office at Wasbidgton. Tha militia dnmAin havmhim an.r.m, ..1,:.. oj. of li450i000iQ0u o ' . GovernmeDt hai but about 120,00)000 ul IBaaf u . . - . , . . MBtury. kss than S150.000.OUO. It will thus be seen. Uncle Sam's farm is atill .uftia. iently large for practical purposes, and tbougb he should sell off lands for centuries to eoua he would have an abundance atill. aven il k. does not enlarge his borders by the anuextie of Cuba, Mexico, and half of the rest vf tk world. Uruhblkiu. If you find a man disposed, complain of the coldness ei lie world, bw iuI you will find that he bas never brought anything into the world to warm it, but la a personal lump of ice set in tbe midst of it. If vuu Ullt' Dan who complains that the werlct ls m tMS llJ hollow, tap him, and he will Phably souud base and bellow. Aud so ia lD8 otQer man will pwbabl ouna base aD' noliow. And so, in the other kind man will probably find kindmm " auout nua- he merciful man, as ageu- ral tblDgi will obtain mercy. He who baa ''wye had a kind excuse for others, wh bM rendered bis pardon and bis help when ever he could; who was never brauirht hut L. low-man into nv strait hv nunn r,t ... v.-i.. j "j . vhwwu w. wniwitf. ing him will find that the mercy which ha bus bestowed flows back upon him in a full Lnd gDOntan.oiia snrin. H- -ill make a Lerciful world by the mercy ha hisaaelf shows. An 'a mta ' Mason county, Illinois, d scribing 'Abe Lincoln," aays : "I knew hiia " yun8 nni when he would split rails by lW7:,,8n,i "l . etudy surveyng by candle-light. He was as honest as the sun." Anoluer W- "He would walk ten milea ia tne mud 10 P"ngtield to borrow a law book. D1 wnen ludle. i'uld return it to get aa- Pt08r' od lnus,,e acquired bis profossioa tQd althought he never read law in any oifioa he 's D0W 109 most eminent advocate U the Stt8-" TKa craat aKr.isiman 91 A al concludes one of bis late atones : -This ia lust Uu'uP wriunga Tail It u far froaa beiuit P"hti but lf,h".e indoosed (oiks la see that in 9 cases out of 10 they can Life as barren as tbe desert Sarah, er as ioy ous as a flower gardiog my oljeck will luv bin accomplished. Adoo.". , : ., Tbe Dutch Government baa ewept awar tbe last vestige of Slavery from its East India possessions. On the 20th of September last. the institution ceased to exist The Government offered an assessed compensation ia money to the owners, many vf whom, bow- ever, reuised to take it, while others took it and made it ovor to the emancipated Slave themselves, , . ,..,,.. Gov. Sam Medary, formerly Ibe "Old wheel Horse" of democracy in Ohio, has proven bin) self a wheel-horse of modern Democracy it Kansas. The Legislature of that Territory recently pasaad a law prohibiting slavery Wtrein. wmcn wov. oam aaeaary aa HBM, .. . . . rt r, i , . U A "f Ohio na ntt Norll , wesi rememoer tarn u.w ...pui.u, i M. "ti Plicy tooching the slavery fueetioa. - - wary is proiesseoiy a vougiaa mB, and tbusputs Into practical eueci tne popular Sovereignty doctrine of the great apoatle. During some repairs ea a Oatholio fbureh few (lays since, in Cincinnati, the Church walls fell to with a terribU eraah. andi IS persons were buried under the ruins. VI I